tinker
noun
[ ˈtɪŋkə ]
• (especially in former times) a person who makes a living by travelling from place to place mending pans and other metal utensils.
• a mischievous child.
• "little tinkers, we were"
• an act of attempting to repair something.
tinker
verb
• attempt to repair or improve something in a casual or desultory way.
• "he spent hours tinkering with the car"
Similar:
try to mend/improve,
work amateurishly on,
fiddle with,
play (about) with,
play (around) with,
toy with,
trifle with,
dally with,
dabble with,
potter about with,
fool about with,
fool around with,
tamper with,
interfere with,
meddle with,
tinker at/with the edges of,
adjust slightly,
mess about with,
mess around with,
muck about with,
muck around with,
Origin:
Middle English (first recorded in Anglo-Latin as a surname): of unknown origin.
